Table 1.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2001
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/)

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|EMPLOYMENT STATUS            |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |
|                             |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                             |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |143,705|   67.1|123,691|   66.9|  7,529|   65.9| 12,485|   69.7|
|    Employed                 |136,995|   95.3|118,016|   95.4|  7,288|   96.8| 11,691|   93.6|
|    Unemployed               |  6,710|    4.7|  5,675|    4.6|    241|    3.2|    794|    6.4|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 70,587|   32.9| 61,270|   33.1|  3,893|   34.1|  5,424|   30.3|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 76,439|   74.3| 64,461|   73.2|  4,051|   75.6|  7,927|   84.3|
|    Employed                 | 72,602|   95.0| 61,190|   94.9|  3,925|   96.9|  7,486|   94.4|
|    Unemployed               |  3,838|    5.0|  3,271|    5.1|    126|    3.1|    441|    5.6|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 26,413|   25.7| 23,630|   26.8|  1,304|   24.4|  1,480|   15.7|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 67,266|   60.4| 59,230|   61.1|  3,478|   57.3|  4,558|   53.6|
|    Employed                 | 64,393|   95.7| 56,826|   95.9|  3,363|   96.7|  4,205|   92.3|
|    Unemployed               |  2,873|    4.3|  2,404|    4.1|    116|    3.3|    353|    7.7|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 44,174|  100.0| 37,640|  100.0|  2,589|  100.0|  3,944|  100.0|
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1/ Age 16 years and over.
2/ Employment status refers to reference week of the survey.
3/ The data in this table differ slightly from data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
   See 'Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000' P23-206, page 38, footnote 1.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated --12/31/02)